Buffalo Rumblings
Camp just started, which means it’s time to prognosticate!
The dog days are over. The Buffalo Bills have arrived at training camp at St. John Fisher and the 2025 NFL season is officially underway (if camp kick off is your barometer for that sort of thing).
The news and observations are set to come fast and furious at fans over the next few weeks as our roster projections, conscious or subconscious, start to formulate. Who’s gonna make the team? Will there be any surprise cuts?
We all know full well that with a team that’s as good as the Bills have been, the actual roster decisions that need to be made are typically less than can be counted on two hands.However, these players can end up making a play or two that alter the course of a season. Quarterback/Wide Receiver/Swiss Army knife former Bill Joe Webb played a big part in helping the Bills end the drought in 2017. The Baccari Rambo Game helped give the Bills a victory over Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers in a year that needed something positive.
So the fans rightfully care, and we’ll rightfully project. With that, here’s my first 53-man roster projection of 2025...
Quarterback (2)
Any tie goes to the cheaper guy. The Bills can save $2.5 million on the 2025 cap while incurring $750,000 in dead cap by releasing Mitchell Trubisky, who will need to notably outplay White this summer to keep a hold of the QB2 spot.
Running Back (4)
As cut and dry as cut and dry gets. The Bills’ backfield group was one of the most efficient in football last year and if it ain’t broke, they won’t look to fix it.
Wide Receiver (6)
Shenault makes the team here as a return man in place of Brandon Codrington. Codrington, who the Bills acquired late last summer in a trade with the New York Jets, performed well in the return role last year but wasn’t trusted to play an actual scrimmage position. Shenault having at least tangential value as a receiver gives him the nod in this projection.
Tight End (3)
Like the running back room, no surprises here. As a rookie Day 3 pick, Hawes was tailor-made for the TE3 role here in Buffalo as one of the best blocking tight ends in the draft. He has a clear role ahead of him.
Offensive Line (10)
Kendrick Green makes the team here as depth on the interior offensive line, but he could be on the hot...
